Cyber Uncut brings you the key decision makers and cutting edge innovators shaping Australia's cyber revolution. From cyber security to artificial intelligence and information systems, discover how businesses and government are navigating the transition to a digital future. Join Momentum Media's Phil Tarrant, defence and national security podcaster, Major General (Ret'd) Dr Marcus Thompson AM – former head of the ADF's Information Warfare Division, and Liam Garman, editor of Cyber Daily, as they dive head first into the latest breaking news shaping our interconnected world. Get in touch, get your questions answered by our experts or share your stories. Contact cyber@mo...
Latest episodes
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38 min
AI, job cuts, and PHP drama – Cyber Uncut tackles another wild week
From AI-driven bank job cuts and online radicalisation to critical PHP vulnerabilities and ransomware gangs using AI to analyse stolen data, David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft unp…
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31 min
Deepfakes, hacked fridges and Australia's evolving cyber defences
From banks battling big tech for AI talent to ransomware attacks exposing sensitive medical records, David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft unpack another eventful week in cyber secur…
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52 min
Dead internet theory, AI agent guerilla marketing hacks, and the pros and cons of data centres
Cyber Uncut returns to discuss AI giant conspiracies, data centre impacts, and the dead internet theory. Are AI giants like OpenAI having their agents hack things on purpose? Senio…
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25 min
CONTESTED GROUND: The information advantage – how AI is reshaping influence, competition and power
Information has always shaped power and influence – but in the age of artificial intelligence, the speed, scale and sophistication with which narratives can be created and deployed…
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36 min
AI agents, Medicare, and the dangers of getting an LLM drunk
Cyber Uncut returns with an AI hacking incident at Medicare, ransomware drama, banking breaches, and the surprisingly serious security lessons from getting AI "drunk". Would you le…
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21 min
Bringing networking and security together to cut cyber risk
HPE's Matt Hanmer says organisations must break down the traditional divide between network and security teams as AI accelerates attacks and infrastructure becomes increasingly dis…
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44 min
CONTESTED GROUND: AUKUS, deterrence, and the deepening Australia–UK strategic partnership
Australia and the United Kingdom share one of the world's deepest strategic relationships – but in an increasingly contested geopolitical environment, that partnership is taking on…
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23 min
AI transforms physical security from cost centre to business enabler
Genetec's Lee Shelford says AI and cloud are giving security teams faster investigations while turning physical security systems into tools for broader business operations. Organis…
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24 min
CONTESTED GROUND: Is Australia slowly regulating away its own prosperity – and, with it, its national resilien…
Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret'd) Dr Marcus Thompson examine the growing debate over Australia's economic direction, drawing on Chris Uhlmann's recent article in The Australia…
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47 min
AI is forcing banks to rethink modernisation, with Atos' Dee Lawler and Matthew Hughes
AI is pushing financial institutions to modernise, but the answer is not to replace everything. Banks should focus on the technology, data, and processes that directly support busi…
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39 min
Big 4 banks back local AI, NSW Health responds to hack claims, and PEXA's Graham Fairley explains property sca…
Daniel Croft and David Hollingworth break down the essential AI and security news of the week, from sovereign capability to cyber crime, and fighting property scams. Hollingworth a…
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32 min
CONTESTED GROUND: Is Australia's political discontent becoming a national security problem?
A dramatic political shift in Western Australia has put the major parties on notice and raised a much bigger question: what happens to Australia's national resilience when voters s…
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39 min
AI advice woes, Aussie auto dealers under attack, and sweeping changes coming to Facebook
Join David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft for this week's round-up of cyber security and artificial intelligence news! The pair kick things off with the startling revelation that yo…
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24 min
Is your Microsoft 365 tenant really secure? With CoreView's Andrew McAllister
Microsoft 365 is the backbone of many Australian businesses – but are organisations doing enough to secure the platform itself? Tune in to David Hollingworth and CoreView's vice pr…
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24 min
Why cyber security's basics still matter in the age of AI, with ThreatLocker's Keiran Human
Malicious browser extensions, AI-powered phishing, and the evolution of Australia's Essential Eight are all putting renewed focus on proactive cyber defence. Hear ThreatLocker's le…
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40 min
Inside the OT threat landscape, with Dragos' field CTO APAC, Alex Nehmy
In this episode of Cyber Uncut, Cyber Daily's Liam Garman is joined by Alex Nehmy, who explains why securing critical infrastructure requires a different approach to traditional IT…
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41 min
CONTESTED GROUND: Weak, vulnerable, backwater – Australia's choice between strategic camps and managed decline
Dr Ross Babbage warns that without urgent economic reform and industrial recalibration, Australia risks becoming a client state of Beijing. Returning to the Defence Connect Podcast…
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35 min
Aussie AI, 900k impacted by Origin hack, Victorian courts breached, and eSafety v Telegram
In this week's podcast, Cyber Daily's Daniel Croft and David Hollingworth argue for sovereign Australian AI, catch up with the Origin Energy data breach, uncover a Court Services V…
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43 min
OpenAI model goes rogue, Origin Energy hacked, and Victoria takes aim at online bullies
In this week's podcast, Cyber Daily's Daniel Croft and David Hollingworth cover what happens when AI goes wild, one of Australia's biggest energy providers discloses a data breach,…
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42 min
CONTESTED GROUND: The blind faith factor – why Australians trust an ADF they don't understand
As global security deteriorates, a major new UNSW Canberra survey reveals a startling paradox in the Australian psyche: unwavering trust in the Australian Defence Force, coupled wi…